OBITUARY: Beverly Blanche Knowles Metzger Cook, Worth County, Iowa Beverly "Bev" Blanche Knowles Metzger Cook [The Northwood Anchor online - Posted March 12, 2002 - www.northwoodanchor.com] Beverly "Bev" Blanche Cook, 80, of Manly, died Monday, March 4, 2002, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were Thursday at the Bethel United Methodist Church in Manly, with Rev. Robert Cumings officiating. Burial will be in the Manly Cemetery. Beverly Blanche Knowles was born on July 13, 1921, Manly, the first child born to Ellis and Velma (Kimmel) Knowles. At the time of her birth, she had nine living grandparents, two on her father's side and seven on her mother's side. Her birth made five generations. Beverly attended the rural school and graduated from Manly High School in 1939. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, IA for a year and taught two years in a rural school south of Manly, which was also the first school that her mother taught. Beverly married Edward Francis Metzger in Princeton, MO on Aug. 20, 1941. They farmed south of Manly until his death on Nov. 29, 1969. Beverly worked as a secretary at Bethel United Methodist Church for about six years prior to her husband's death. Following Francis' death, Beverly moved into Manly and employed at Iowa Kemper in Mason City for 11 years. On Nov. 1, 1997, Bev married Gale Edwin Cook of Vinton, IA, at Manly, and they have lived in Manly since that time. Beverly has taken an active part in her church, Bethel United Methodist, Entre Nous study club, Christian Home Builders, Worth County Historical Society, North Iowa Genealogical Society in Mason City, Manly Senior Citizens, the Camera Club, study club, and the DAR of Mason City. Bev is survived by her husband, Gale Cook, of Manly; her children, Raymond Edward (Rick) Metzger and his wife Delores of Manly, Racinda Alice (Cindi) Metzger of Atlantic, IA, Ranita Frances DeRocher and her husband Ron of Westfield, IA; grandchildren, Cassie Jo and Cory Francis DeRocher of Westfield, IA and Sandra Steele and her two daughters, Jennifer and Melanie of Glenwood, IA; brother, Robert Knowles of Manly; step-daughter, Carol Patterson and her husband Kenneth of Lafayette, IN; three step- grandchildren, Scott Patterson and his wife, Toni of Fort Sill, OK, Bret Patterson and his wife, Heather of Lafayette, IN, and Krista Minton and her husband Troy of Fort Wayne, IN and three step-great grandsons; two nieces, Rebecca Real and her husband Kevin of Plymouth, MN, and Roxanne Knowles of Ames, and nephew, Phillip Metzger and his wife Kathy of Belvedere, IL; as well as other relatives and many friends. Her parents, her first husband, Francis Metzger, her granddaughter, Callie Marie DeRocher and her sister, Lola Mae Knowles, preceded Beverly in death. Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************